@mmmkay I'm planning on making a bpal order soon to pick up a full size of Dorian and was going to pick up a few imps to try. I don't know that we have the same scent preferences but could you recommend a few of your favorites/fan favorites? I like tea scents (obviously), gourmands, some florals. I don't mean to be calling you out but I know you know a lot about bpal and I don't want to miss anything great!

I was thinking of tagging you too but I wasn't sure if I imagined you talking about bpal or not . I actually love snow cake so thank you for the recommendation! I've been compiling a list and so far I'm thinking of getting alice, eat me, thalia, cordelia, and new orleans. There's just so many scents I'm afraid I'm going to miss something amazing. I'm also curious about the snake oil!

Snake oil is SO GOOD, definitely a must have. I didn't love alice as much as I expected to - it's not BAD but more bergamot and floral than i expected. Eat Me is really yummy - all fruity cake. There's something familiar about it, but I can't place what it is.

O is amazing if you're after a sexy scent. Jack is the perfect pumpkin scent done right - I feel like it's what HoG was aiming for, but just slightly missed, with Pumpkin Eater (but is still similar in vein.)

@chelsealynn I'm bit of a newb when it comes to BPAL and I don't usually go for foodie scents, but I was obsessed with tea scents lately, so I tried a bunch. My favorites so far are White Rabbit (tea with milk) and Dormouse (tea with florals).

Dorian is another tea scent and it seems to be quite popular, but I didn't like it as much as I expected. I only tired it couple of times though. So I'm not ready to give up on it yet.

Oh, and I second Snake Oil. It's very popular for a good reason. It's totally not my kind of scent, yet I keep reaching for it.

Alice (I don't get strong bergamot from it. To my nose, it's just a creamy floral)

Snake Oil

Dragon's Milk (Nilla wafer drenched in caramel and dragon's blood)

Morocco (gently spicy carnation and other awesome stuff)

So that's five. The last slot varies depending on what you like, and since you list gourmands, I would point you in the direction of Cockaigne (butterscotch oatmeal cookies to my nose) or Shub-Niggurath (I can't wear it because the spice burns my skin, but other people describe it as "evil gingerbread"). Tamora is my favorite fruity floral for the spring (peachy sandalwood with heliotrope. The amber cooperates with my skin for once, and I can actually smell the vanilla! I tend to have problems smelling vanilla in pretty much everything). For tea, I would suggest Bewitched (it smells exactly like Republic of Tea's Blackberry Sage tea to me). And Voodoo Lily (although it's a floral, it's a spicy floral, and it reminds me of cola)! That one usually carries me through spring and summer. (I don't really wear clean scents or aquatics, so I can't help with those.)

And all of these particular oils age very well (I only bother with things that will age well because I tend to set things aside for months if not years, although usually not for any particular reason). If they don't work on you right away, set them aside for at least a month and retest them at various intervals! Some people can only wear certain scents at certain ages. Morocco smells like water to me until it's at least six months old, for example, and Snake Oil in particular has people who are only fans of it at certain ages.

Thanks @Elena and @mmmkay. So many great suggestions. Tamora sounds nice! I really like peach scents but I'm always so wary of amber. So on the website I saw all of the imp packs that are pre made. Is there a spot to do a create your own or do you just add all of the individual imps to your cart? Sorry for all of the questions!

I put on Haus of Gloi Tobac tonight, and ooof. It is absolutely the most beautiful darkest, richest, vanilla tobacco I've ever smelled... for a moment. And then the cedar is turned up to eleven. CEDAR EVERYTHING, CEDAR FOREVER, HAIL CEDAR. I like cedar and all, but I'm really hoping it settles down.

i'm excited about the samples because they were scents i was curious about but didn't want to try in a bottle just yet. puppy kisses might be the first minty scent i like just based on a bottle sniff. fancy boy smells strongly of almond in the bottle but i've head that dies down a bit on skin.

so i immediately put on two finger ballet because it smelled the most intimidating in the bottle. at first it seemed very strongly sweet musky/sexy and i wasn't sure if it was something i could wear out of the house. but on the dry down it became a very sweet caramel with a hint of opium.

i also tried out some vanilla craves spring later on my hand and the bubblegum was strong at first, but its mostly honeysuckle with a hint of bubble gum now. its definitely a floral scent but its pleasant and really captures "spring time" as i remember it in the north.

in the bottle vanilla craves gilt reminds me a lot of HOG dank chocolate with out the dirtiness/head shop vibes, which is perfect for me. i like dank chocolate but its not a scent i want to wear all the time because of the intensity. also in the bottle twirling the peal smelled very green but it also seems like its going to be nice.

this was one of my first (aside from super cell) completely blind full size perfume buys. even though i spent roughly $60 on four perfumes i had never tried, and also a brand i never tried, i really enjoy what i've tried so far! they seem well blended and are definitely different. i think these scents are a bit more intense, or maybe complex, than what i'm used to because there's definitely things about each of them that kind of intimidate me at first.

Yay! Fancy boy is one of my favorites. I wish I could eat it. Its definetly a strong scent. When I put it on it lasts alI day. Actually, most Arcanas last the day for me. I have a decant of vanilla craves gilt on the way and your review has me excited for it. I disliked dank chocolate because of thr headshop vibe so this will probably work better for me.

Ugh, I tested BPAL's The Top (blood red rose, indigo musk, opponax, and tobacco tar) today to see if I really want to sell it. Based on bottle sniffs, it smells just like this import store my aunt worked at in the '80s. It's glorious. I've wanted something that smells like that for years! Actually on me, however, it is Not Good. It smells exactly the same, but it turns out it's not a scent I want close up and on my skin. On the up side, I already have someone who wants to buy it, so at least it's not going to sit here for two years waiting for its new home that may never exist.